Comments on: OpenSocial ain’t all that, but Pluck has some interesting ideas http://www.cycloneranger.com/2007/12/opensocial-aint-all-that-but-pluck-has-some-interesting-ideas.html "I see patterns" - Ernie Hacks Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:11:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: See-ming Lee http://www.cycloneranger.com/2007/12/opensocial-aint-all-that-but-pluck-has-some-interesting-ideas.html/comment-page-1#comment-53 See-ming Lee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-53 1. I find your post interesting because I had no idea that Pluck has become a social media platform. I know of Pluck a long time ago circa 2004 when they are still a research tool plugged into the browser to allow you to mash stuff together and save tidbits of the web. Looking at their site now, it appears that they are really turning into something else, which means that I really ought to explore more. 2. I believe that the potential for OpenSocial is really about linking networks together to create bigger things. the #1 thing re:same api <em>for me</em> is that it would be much easier to create visualization tools to examine the contacts. I am most interested in browsing my contacts on all my social network into a gigantic cloud of metacontacts. I am interested to see where I can find people who might be interested in developing it. Mainly, I wanna get something together (I have an idea) but zero resources (and thus actual experience) to put something together. What would you suggest? Sourceforge? Is it possible to get ideas and sketches together with no coder? curious.. Cheers, See-ming 1. I find your post interesting because I had no idea that Pluck has become a social media platform.

I know of Pluck a long time ago circa 2004 when they are still a research tool plugged into the browser to allow you to mash stuff together and save tidbits of the web.

Looking at their site now, it appears that they are really turning into something else, which means that I really ought to explore more.

2. I believe that the potential for OpenSocial is really about linking networks together to create bigger things. the #1 thing re:same api for me is that it would be much easier to create visualization tools to examine the contacts.

I am most interested in browsing my contacts on all my social network into a gigantic cloud of metacontacts.

I am interested to see where I can find people who might be interested in developing it. Mainly, I wanna get something together (I have an idea) but zero resources (and thus actual experience) to put something together. What would you suggest? Sourceforge? Is it possible to get ideas and sketches together with no coder? curious..

Cheers,
See-ming

]]> By: chris http://www.cycloneranger.com/2007/12/opensocial-aint-all-that-but-pluck-has-some-interesting-ideas.html/comment-page-1#comment-56 chris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-56 1. Yep, Pluck is doing some interesting things. They still seem to be mostly a blog and message board platform, but their product is solid, so it's a good springboard into new things. I suspect they have a good dev team and eyes forward, so I expect more great things from them. 2. Yeah, that could be very interesting. There's a bubble on, so if you can create hype around a good idea I imagine you could find developers, especially if you can mock up your concept in a compelling way. SF might be a good starting point, and I'd also consider hitting up info design communities' message boards and take a look at the comments getting posted on <a href="http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com/">Google's OpenSocial blog</a> and other areas where OpenSocial is being discussed. 1. Yep, Pluck is doing some interesting things. They still seem to be mostly a blog and message board platform, but their product is solid, so it’s a good springboard into new things. I suspect they have a good dev team and eyes forward, so I expect more great things from them.

2. Yeah, that could be very interesting. There’s a bubble on, so if you can create hype around a good idea I imagine you could find developers, especially if you can mock up your concept in a compelling way. SF might be a good starting point, and I’d also consider hitting up info design communities’ message boards and take a look at the comments getting posted on Google’s OpenSocial blog and other areas where OpenSocial is being discussed.

]]> By: huned http://www.cycloneranger.com/2007/12/opensocial-aint-all-that-but-pluck-has-some-interesting-ideas.html/comment-page-1#comment-57 huned Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-57 <blockquote> "Until now, widgets were the best tool for linking these sites, but OpenSocial and OpenID are far more abstracted and powerful tools for handing data back and forth between social networks." </blockquote> you're no longer ga-ga for widgets! :)

“Until now, widgets were the best tool for linking these sites, but OpenSocial and OpenID are far more abstracted and powerful tools for handing data back and forth between social networks.”

you’re no longer ga-ga for widgets! :)

]]> By: chris http://www.cycloneranger.com/2007/12/opensocial-aint-all-that-but-pluck-has-some-interesting-ideas.html/comment-page-1#comment-58 chris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-58 For every season... For every season…

]]> By: warhammer online gold http://www.cycloneranger.com/2007/12/opensocial-aint-all-that-but-pluck-has-some-interesting-ideas.html/comment-page-1#comment-64 warhammer online gold Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-64 If all OpenSocial does is allow developers to port their applications more easily from one social network to another, that's a big win for the developer, as they get to shop their application to users of every participating social network. But it provides little incremental value to the user, the real target. We don't want to have the same application on multiple social networks. We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks. If all OpenSocial does is allow developers to port their applications more easily from one social network to another, that’s a big win for the developer, as they get to shop their application to users of every participating social network. But it provides little incremental value to the user, the real target. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks. We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks.

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